Baseline assessment, study entry, and stabilization: double-blind clinical trials in drug dependence.
To summarize, perhaps most important, but most difficult to achieve will be commonalties and standardization across trials so that rigorous comparison is possible. Researchers will do well to examine clinical trials in other areas, mimicking those elements that are compatible, avoiding those that are not, and above all, avoiding costly reinvention.
Grabowski
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Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas, Houston 77030, USA.
Arnoni
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Elk
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Rhoades
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Schmitz
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D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D006801:Humans; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*